Genus Paratya Miers, 1882
- Paratya Miers, E.J. 1882. Note on a freshwater macrurous crustacean from Japan (Atyaephyra ? compressa, de Haan?). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9(5): 193-195 [194] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Ephyra compressa De Haan, 1844 by monotypy. - Xiphocaridina Bouvier, E.L. 1909. Sur l'origine et l'evolution des crevettes d'eau douce de la famille des Atyidés. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 148: 1727-1731 [1729] [junior objective synonym of Paratya Miers, 1882; gender feminine].
Type species:
Ephyra compressa De Haan, 1844 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157. - Xiphatyoida Roux, J. 1915. La famille des Atyidae. Acta Société Helvétique Sciences Naturelle 1915(2): 225-228 [225] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Paratya (Xyphatyoida) typa J.Roux, 1926 by subsequent designation, see Roux, J. 1926. Crustacés décapodes d'eau douce de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nova Caledonia 4(2): 181-240.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157 [21]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Occur in an arc extending from eastern Siberia, Korea, and Japan to Vietnam and the Lesser Sunda Islands to Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, New Zealand, and Chatham Island.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)
General References
Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122
Williams, W.D. & Smith, M.J. 1979. A taxonomic revision of Australian species of Paratya (Crustacea: Atyidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30: 815-832 (distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |